A refreshing counterpoint to the constant bulletins about the Sexual Orientation Regulations that threaten to take over our communal noticeboards:
How could preachers preach such vehement messages towards gays when it was clear that the Bible was unclear at best, and silent at worse, on the issue? Why recklessly condemn a group of individuals? Why fixate on them when your congregation is knee deep in divorce (Jesus had some pretty clear words on that issue)? And as for gluttony, how could preachers lecture gays on restraint when churches host pot luck dinner after pot luck dinner and not be deemed hypocritical?
It was this hypocrisy that caused me to open my eyes. Those on the Christian right, for whatever reasons, have become fixated on homosexuality. They are obsessed by it and perverse form of vengeance appears to be fueling their inquisition. I may be wrong, but I think actions are speaking much louder than words here.
The whole gay issue is no longer about the quest for the Truth; it is about fear and loathing. It is about shame and sorrow. It is anything but Christian.
- Joe Murray, Former American Family Association columnist
The conservative wing of the Anglican church, which I guess is my ecclesiastical home, is currently involved in claiming that it is fighting for the sanctity of marriage; unfortunately the way it upholds the value of marriage seems to be by means of a spectacularly public divorce.
It really isn't worth it.
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